In order for an economy to remain alive and efficient, it needs a steady flow of fresh ideas and young companies to implement these ideas.
The German economy is obviously losing a large part of its potential here. Venture capitalists, who can quickly make start-ups big with their money, largely ignore female founders. Only 2 percent of their investment sums go to all-female start-up teams, while more than 80 percent go to all-male young entrepreneurs, and the rest to mixed teams.
The culture of the scene is historically dominated by men, and a partly misogynistic culture has developed. For years, manager magazine editor Christina Kyriasoglou has been anonymously receiving reports of sexist behavior by investors and founders, including physical assaults. So far, Kyriasoglou has not been able to report on this; the interlocutors had asked her for strict confidentiality – for fear of further disadvantages.
Now, however, the cartel of silence is breaking open and, at least among some investors, a rethink has begun. How the German start-up scene has worked so far, why it is so misogynistic and where the first signs of a new beginning can be seen - Kyriasoglou informs us in an interview with editor-in-chief Sven Clausen.
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